Tex.

abbreviation

1. Texan.

2. Texas.

Tex.

¹

abbreviation

1. Texan

2. Texas

tex

²

noun

1. a unit of weight used to measure the density of yarns. It is equal to 1 gram per 1000 metres

Word History and Origins

Origin of Tex.¹

C20: from French, from textile _textile

Example Sentences

It was signed with much love — literally five “loves” and dozens of red hearts — by “Norman, Debbie, Lish, Tex, Hugh, Vivi, Thump, Condola, Billy, Oliver, Gel, Tracey, Carmen, Shiloh, Aviah, Eillie, Gia, and all the Turks in our family.”

From Los Angeles Times

The festivities, attended by four generations of family, included a jazz concert put together by Andrew “Tex” Allen Jr., a jazz musician and the eldest of Ayers’ four children with dentist Andrew Allen.

From Los Angeles Times

The actor can seem to be puppeteering his own expressions, which, in a way Harry is, or splitting the difference between a real person and an animated cartoon, in the Chuck Jones/Tex Avery sense of the term, which is not to say Tudyk overplays; he just hits the right note of exaggeration.

From Los Angeles Times

Last weekend, while residents of Kerrville, Tex., were being rescued and searching for their loved ones, the president went golfing, an outing that has apparently escaped any kind of outrage among the mainstream press.

From Salon

Other former Manson followers, including Charles Denton “Tex” Watson, 79, Robert Kenneth Beausoleil, 77, and Bruce Davis, 82, remain in custody in California state prisons.

From Los Angeles Times